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7 Best bagel Restaurants in Montreal

The best 7 restaurants for bagel in Montreal — curated by TastyPals editors.

The best bagel restaurants in Montreal are Bagels Le Trou - Griffintown, St-Viateur Bagel, Fairmount Bagel, and more. Start with Bagels Le Trou - Griffintown if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Sophie Laurent•5 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
Bagels Le Trou - GriffintownSt-Viateur BagelFairmount Bagel
7 Best bagel Restaurants in Montreal
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Top picks at a glance

#1Bagels Le Trou - GriffintownBakery • Montreal • value#2St-Viateur BagelBakery • Montreal • value#3Fairmount BagelBakery • Mile End • value

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated restaurants for bagel in Montreal, sorted by Google rating and editorial judgment. Picks span Montreal, Mile End and Plateau.

Quick picks

Bagels Le Trou - Griffintown
Bakery • Montreal
Bagels Le Trou in Griffintown operates on a clear, unapologetic premise: the Montreal bagel, done properly, needs no reinvention.
St-Viateur Bagel
Bakery • Montreal
St-Viateur Bagel keeps showing up in the right conversations when people want a reliable bakery plan.
Fairmount Bagel
Bakery • Mile End
Fairmount Bagel is a dependable bakery option in Mile End that a lot of diners already know and return to.
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Editorial details
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Bagels Le Trou - GriffintownView →
  2. 2. St-Viateur BagelView →
  3. 3. Fairmount BagelView →
  4. 4. Bagel EtcView →
  5. 5. La Fabrique de Bagel de Montréal (Balfour)View →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Bagels Le Trou - Griffintown
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Bagels Le Trou - Griffintown
Montreal • Bakery
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Bagels and coffee
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for St-Viateur Bagel
Google
St-Viateur Bagel
Montreal • Bakery
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Bagels and coffee
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Fairmount Bagel
Google
Fairmount Bagel
Mile End • Bakery
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Bagels and coffee
Mood
Mile End
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Bagel Etc
Google
Bagel Etc
Montreal • Bakery
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Bagels and coffee
Mood
Casual

How we chose

We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →

Room tone

Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.

Food fit

We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.

Useful range

The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.

5 ranked picks

Bagels Le Trou - Griffintown — Bagels Le Trou in Griffintown operates on a clear, unapologetic premise: the Montreal bagel, done properly, needs no reinvention. In a city where the St-Viateur versus Fairmount debate functions as a kind of civic religion, this Griffintown bakery positions itself in that conversation not through novelty but through commitment — to the wood-fired, honey-sweetened, dense-crumbed ring that defines the form. The price level sits at an aggressively democratic 1, which reportedly draws an unlikely coalition of Griffintown's creative-class regulars, early contractors, and weekend stragglers to the same stools at the same hour. That cross-section is, by most accounts, entirely the point. The menu is short by design, and the discipline reads as confidence. The Saumon Fumé is consistently flagged as the benchmark order — smoked salmon reportedly stacked with enough generosity that the ratio question stops mattering. The Oeuf & Fromage de Luxe is the breakfast-sandwich entry, egg and cheese anchored in a bagel known for holding its structure after toasting. The «Burgel» — the burger-bagel hybrid — is the menu's crowd-splitter, the kind of concept that sounds like a stunt but has reportedly converted skeptics. The Végétarien is described as a genuine option rather than a reluctant concession to plant-curious diners, and the «Smoked Meat» is known to move fast on weekend mornings, which is its own endorsement. Practically speaking, a pre-10 a.m. arrival on weekends is the consistent recommendation across sources — both for table availability and for bagels at their freshest. The «Smoked Meat» in particular is flagged as an early-sell item. Start with the Saumon Fumé, and do not leave without trying whatever spread option is available on a plain bagel — that, apparently, is how you understand what this kitchen is actually about. View restaurant →

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Bagel Etc — On St-Laurent since 1984, Bagel Etc wears its history on its walls — the art deco room hasn't changed in decades, and yes, Leonard Cohen used to haunt this booth-lined space. That kind of provenance usually means a tourist trap, but the kitchen actually delivers Montreal-style bagels: hand-rolled, boiled in honey water, baked until the crust blisters golden. That's the thing to anchor an order around. Start with the Fairmount Bagel Lox sandwich — toasted bagel, silky cream cheese, smoked salmon, the platonic Montreal breakfast. The Eggs Benedict here goes its own way with goat cheese, spinach and tomato over a bagel, and the House Bagel Mit Spiegeleiern is the comfort move. Want decadence? The Mega Mont Royal earns its name. Plates are generous, $10–20 a head, closer to $35 all-in for a proper brunch. Bring cash or a card — payment options vary by report. This is a sit-down-and-linger Plateau institution, not a grab-and-go counter, and at a four-decade run, it's still feeding the city the bagels that define it. View restaurant →
La Fabrique de Bagel de Montréal (Balfour) — La Fabrique de Bagel de Montréal at Balfour is operating in a city where bagel culture is practically constitutional, and by most accounts it has no interest in reinterpreting the form — only in delivering it straight. That restraint is reported to be exactly the point. Price level one means the menu is built for return visits and repeat orders, the kind of place where regulars arrive with a plan rather than a question. It functions as a neighbourhood bakery in the most sincere sense: specific in its purpose, consistent in its focus, and priced so that ordering twice requires no deliberation. The menu centers on a tight, considered lineup. The Bagel Nature avec Beurre is understood to be the baseline — a plain Montreal-style bagel with butter, the format against which everything else is measured, and diners consistently treat it as the essential reference point for the kitchen's craft. The Bagel au saumon fumé pairs cold-smoked salmon with what is known to be a sesame-forward, honey-water-boiled bagel — a combination that has made it the most-referenced order in the room. For something sweeter, the Bagel Miel et noix is described by regulars as straightforwardly rich without being excessive, honey and nuts anchoring a fresh bagel in uncomplicated territory. The Raisins & fromage offers a softer, more indulgent profile. Notably, the Soupe du jour signals that this kitchen extends its thinking beyond bread — it reportedly disappears by midday, which is the clearest possible argument for arriving early. Practical intel: the full bake is available earliest in the morning, and the line moves faster when you know your order before you reach the counter. The move most often cited is pairing the Bagel au saumon fumé with a Bagel Miel et noix — one savoury, one sweet — and getting there before 10 a.m. View restaurant →

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